HIGH POINT, N.C. — Former Wawasee girls golfer Sathita (Tan) Cheeranont will be playing for High Point University in the spring.
Cheeranont is from Bangkok, Thailand and spent her junior year as a foreign exchange student at Wawasee High School.
While at Wawasee, she set a school record after shooting a 69 at the Stonehenge Tournament which she won in 2010 and was named an all-Northern Lakes Conference selection as well. She also won the Indiana South District Qualifier for the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship in 2011. Despite only playing one season, Cheeranont was named to the Wawasee High School Hall of Fame.
In Thailand, Cheeranont was named MVP of the Bangkok International Schools Athletics Conference in 2007 and 2008 and finished sixth place in the Ladies Golf Association of Thailand’s Malaysian Ladies Amateur Open at the age of 15. In 2010, Cheeranont won the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Tour Thailand Qualifier.
“Tan is a special young lady who has impeccable mechanics and a driving passion for the game of golf,” High Point coach Vici Pate Flesher said. “She will make an impact immediately. Tan is also an excellent student and a caring person who will add more than just low scores to our team.”
The High Point University women's golf team returns to action in the spring of 2012.
